The good column: At its peak
It looks very cozy with the flowers and the tea. Photo: imago/Xinhua I’m not sure whether, in a better future, many journalists shouldn’t be employed in jobs in which language…
Donald Sutherland is dead: someone with an aura
As if he were always in his role, before and after: Donald Sutherland as a jury member at the Berlinale 2019 Photo: dpa Acting is just a profession like any…
East Germany: Think about the East over champagne and punch
With a little alcohol it’s much easier to think about other regions. Foto: picture alliance/Wolfgang Kumm Eastern women let their children scream. On the balcony. Eastern women are mothers and…
EM 2024: Poland is eliminated from the EM
Defeated: Poland’s Robert Lewandowski reacts after the final whistle in the Olympic Stadium. Photo: dpa/Sören Stache On Friday evening, Berlin had its first final; two losing teams from the first…
Anthology “Tipping Points”: The long winter of the climate movement
Active citizens for the climate crisis: The last generation is bringing German drivers to acts of vigilantism. Photo: dpa/Marc Vorwerk/SULUPRESS.DE While the climate crisis is becoming more urgent than ever,…
TALKE TALKS: Diversity and Exclusion
The Americans are a lot ahead of us Germans – but cleaning windows isn’t one of them. Things are likely to be difficult in these houses in New York City…
Book “The Great Rush”: Prohibition is political
What a drug is remains a matter of definition: opium was once a drug Photo: imago/UIG/nd “The Great Intoxication” – the title of Helena Barop’s book is succinct and reveals…
European Football Championship: From hero to “foreigner”
Kissing your hands is still allowed, right?! Photo: dpa/Bernd Weißbrod Major sporting events are always stages of identities. This is particularly true for football, which has always been considered to…
Documentary: Let it work, says Volker Koepp
Legendarily quiet with Volker Koepp: Somewhere in the Kaliningrad region (from »Elderblossom«) Photo: RBB/Koepp/Vineta Film Look instead of hitting things with the camera: Volker Koepp is the last great Defa…
Coffee as a Drug: Waking Up as Incarnation
Foto: imago/nd (m) When I was a child there were cigarette advertisements on television. I particularly remember the Marlboro cowboys driving the cattle through the rivers on their horses. And…